Yearly Archives: 1999

SOUTH AFRICAN sympathisers gathered at the Indonesian Embassy in Pretoria on Friday calling for a complete withdrawal of Indonesian troops from East Timor. In a memorandum addressed to Indonesian President B J Habibie, the sixty-odd protestors also demanded the immediate recognition of the independence of East Timor. The protesters lit candles in memory of those […]

NEIL MANTHORP, Johannesburg | Thursday 5.00pm. SOUTH African cricket captain Hansie Cronje has created huge doubt over his international future by accepting a two year deal to coach Glamorgan in the English county championship. “I’m in the process of concluding the deal with Glamorgan chief executive Mike Fatkin,” Cronje said on Thursday. “It just seemed […]

EGYPT and Wales will clash in the final of the squash World Team Championship, in Cairo after beating Australia and England in their respective semi-finals on Tuesday. Although the result was in defiance of seedings, Egypt’s 3-0 win over Australia was no great shock. But Wales, who finished 12th in this biennial event last time, […]

A NINE-MONTH-OLD boy has died and four people are in a serious condition after drinking tea laced with poison at a farm compound outside Hluhluwe in Zululand. Hluhluwe police are investigating allegations that a 12-year-old girl sprinkled ant poison in the family’s food and in their tea on Wednesday, because she had a grudge against […]

ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has relieved his Nigerian star Nwankwo Kanu of penalty-taking duties and could drop him altogether from the starting line-up for the Champions’ League clash with Swedes AIK Solna at Wembley on Wednesday. The Highbury cult hero is almost certain to be back on the substitutes’ bench from where he emerged in […]

THE cashew industry in Mozambique is demanding that Parliament urgently passes a Bill to ban crop exports for ten years, and rescue moribund processing plants. Lobbyists are urging MPs to reject any last-minute watering-down of the wording of the proposed law. The Bill is strongly supported by deputies from the ruling Frelimo Party, and seeks […]

NIGERIA has approved a $5-million budget to fight the Y2K bug, a top government official said Wednesday. Muhammadu Bichi, chairman of the House of Representatives committee on science and technology, said that President Olusegun Obasanjo had already released $4-million dollars for the project. “We are fully convinced that the money so far released will solve […]

TRADE and Industry Minister Alex Erwin said South Africa’s long-delayed slot machine industry will be introduced by September next year. The industry is expected to generate between R2bn and R3bn a year, and create about 5000 direct and 2500 indirect jobs. More than R300-million rand has been invested in the noncasino slot machine industry, while […]

ALAN FINLAY, Johannesburg | Thursday 5.30pm. THE Johannesburg Stock Exchange recovered from what dealers earlier called a general lack of interest ahead of the long weekend, with the markets up 0,30% by close of play. Friday’s markets are closed for the Heritage Day public holiday. Afternoon buying left the financial index up 0,40%, industrials up […]

THE Labour Court has suspended plans by Canadian gold mining giant Placer Dome to slash between 2700 and 2900 jobs in its mine west of Johannesburg, public SABC radio said on Tuesday. The company had cited the falling price of gold for its decision to cut jobs in Western Areas Mine. The court found Placer […]